Is it true that sprinkling of iron filling cannot be attracted by a magnet?

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The above statement is False.
The magnetic property of a material is basically property of a magnet which produces an attractive or repulsive field depending upon the charges. Two charges have the property to attract or repel depending upon their charges. And non magnetic materials are those which cannot be attracted by a magnet. A magnet is a substance which has property to attract metal based substances like iron, cobalt, nickel, etc. A magnet with iron filling sticking to it looks like a bar magnet where a bar magnet is rectangular in shape with permanent magnetic properties. There are three types of magnets: permanent magnets, electromagnets and temporary magnets.
The correct statement would be, sprinkling of iron filling can be attracted by a magnet.

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